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Monmouth, IllinoisStudents Represent Major, Minor Parties At Political RallyPolitics hit the Monmouth campus lost Thursday night when representatives from the parlies vying lor victory next Tuesday look the platform to present their cases. To stir up true rally spirit, q t h c band opened the meeting withthe National Anthem. Presiding chairman, Jim Nixon, introduced Such national figures as .Mi. De*-oy And the bearded gentleman from the Vegetarian party —and r.o through the meeting until Doc Calhoun took the soapbox.Representing tbo various parlies were Bob Porter. Republican; Gerald Mathis, Democratic Bub Sirnun, Vegetarian; Don McCuughey. Communist; Laura Vital. Christian Naiionalist;Ro y Sheeck. Piocrcssive; Rosalie Howard. Prohibition; Marilyn Hostetler, Sucial-ist; Joyce Carlson, Socialist Workers; Doc Calhoun, Socialist Labor; ami Harold Poling, Stales' Rights or Dixiccrals.The speeches vcprofeiiteU UlO tliojghts of the parties— some plaiforms were presented, some pol.tical mud-slinging was witnessed. The material tor the presentations was received from the national headquarters of the various patties. It was reported tha; the first material to come after the requests w«r© sent ou: wrs that Jor ihe Communist party, which came sealed, lies; class, in an unidentified envelope.
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Monmouth College Newspaper Oracle
Monmouth, Illinois, US
Sat, Oct 30, 1948
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